This book in a really long time has been something that I was yearning for when it comes to business.

Most business books are based on the stories of founders and how they are normally overcoming odds and facing challenges that made their startup or broke it.

Previously I have read Zero to One, Rework, THTAHT by Ben Horowitz, MBA by Josh Kaufman and then some finance books.

Of all Zero to One by Peter Thiel & Ben Horowitz stood apart. It culminated in advice hidden as real life experiences in case of Ben Horowitz and with Peter Thiel he spoke of having niche monopolies that eventually scale and build a top of the line business that can outcompete it’s competition.

With Rizwan Virk in his book, he spoke of myths, models and counter arguments to myths when it comes to startups.

He compared Startups to Call to adventure journey and often shared examples of Lord of the rings and Star Trek.

I kind of agree with the fact, that post 1990 people are living in Post-war world and since there’s no more wars to be waged, people yearn for an adventure that would take them for a ride of their lives.

Startups somehow offer exactly that, you have an idea or a product and then you take on companions to either distribute that product or counter difficulties along the way in such a way that it is difficult to continue with your product and then along the journey you improvise.

However, the best concept of the book was regarding the Valuations of a startup and how does the investors view the company irrespective of revenue or even profits.

I was introduced to the concept of Startup cycles that I had previously heard of but never really grasped fully and would have taken multiple trial and errors to actually break the noise whilst building a successful startup.